What was later found out is that since Mr Wiley’s work first appeared at the Brooklyn Museum in the early 2000’s he has gone on to show at major galleries world wide, as well as initiating himself in the grooming of young individuals ascent in the metaphysics of aesthetics.
Perhaps one of the most interesting anecdotes came from Mr Stephen Pierson, Canteen‘s publisher who noted the harbinger of a child’s ascent in the outside world didn’t rest necessarily on their parents wealth, their occupation but the number of books that filled the immediate vicinity- something one senses the self deprecating Mr Pierson is all about.
A cursory regard of the mission statement of Canteen has this to say: Is an award winning literary/arts journal that asks famed creators- writers (yes, I’ve been told we were once rock stars in another era, alas…) artists, chefs, an even a glasswalker to reveal their creative processes,motivations, and reactions to success and failure.
